The Hunt for the Power Stones

Chapter 37 - JEFFREY LOOK OUT!!!

The 4 men had begun getting ready to hunt for the next stone, Malik had put the magical book away and started packing up his belongings, He grabbed 3 big apples off a tree, one to eat on the way, one for later and one for his trusty steed, he loved his horse as this horse had belonged to him ever since he was a child, they had both been on many small adventures but this, was by far and sure is the biggest and toughest journey they've been on. James and Nathaniel were Sparring.

They had been practicing their sword fighting, James was extremely comfortable with a bow but his sword skills were a bit lacking, they were helping each other with the skills they weren't the best at. James and Nathaniel really cared about each other and wanted each other to be strong and confident with any weapon.

Gabriel was almost back at full power he had plenty of magical rest by not using his powers. He only used it when he had to or it would take much out of him. Gabriel had been training with his accuracy, he would make tiny fireballs and throw them at rocks to avoid a forest fire, Jeffrey sat by Gabriel amazed and intrigued by what Gabriel was doing, in fact, he was so intrigued when Gabriel threw the next fireball, Jeffrey got up and dashed to catch it in his mouth. Gabriel shouted Nooo!!!, and quickly commanded it to levitate out of the way but it was too late, Jeffrey had jumped to bite on it and missed, as Jeffrey came back down he didn't notice the steep hill and began rolling down the hill.  He went down so fast he didn't expect to fall into a high-speed current river.

Gabriel saw what happened and yelled at Malik and the rest to come, the 3 men didn't hear him, so all Gabriel did was to quickly cast a spell and shot out a huge beam of light into the sky, the light had transformed into a massive arrow pointed in the direction of where Jeffrey had fallen, James noticed the big arrow in the sky first and instantly knew something was wrong, He began running to get Malik who was with the horses and told him to follow him, James, Nathaniel, and Malik had jumped on their horses and rode off in the direction of the arrow. They made sure to tie up Gabriel's horse as well.  

Gabriel had run and Jumped down the hill, he was cautious not to trip and began running alongside the river. He could hear the dog barking up ahead giving more motivation to pick up the pace. Gabriel had quickly cast a spell to leave easily noticeable footprints that glow on the ground. 

Malik, James, and Nathaniel had reached the edge of the steep hill and had quickly noticed the fireball impacts all over the rocks, they knew Gabriel was in trouble and Malik was worried that Jeffrey was hurt. They looked around for clues, Nathaniel looked over the edge and easily spotted the bright red glowing footsteps. The 3 men tied their horses, and began running down the hill and followed the footsteps, Gabriel had reached the end of the river where there was a fallen tree and Jeffrey was hanging on for dear life. Gabriel had been exhausted from running and his magical footsteps spell, Gabriel took a deep breath but just as he was going to cast his famous levitation exactly where Jeffrey was out appeared the most mischievous, cunning new enemy the Goblin...